ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,258, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PTVD37" was invented by Leslie Charles Kuhlman (Lawrence, Kan.) and Tara Lynch Slaminko (Ivesdale, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PTVD37 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PTVD37, cells from soybean variety 5PTVD37, plants of soybean 5PTVD37, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PTVD37. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PTVD37 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant tra...